The data published on this site are collected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation among more than 130 Italian central and local administrations (Ministries, Universities, Regions and Municipalities etc.) and annually transmitted to the OECD – DAC (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – Development Assistance Committee) which is entitled to validate them.

The DAC defines ODA as “those flows to countries and territories on the DAC List of ODA Recipients and to multilateral institutions which are:

i. provided by official agencies, including state and local governments, or by their executive agencies; and

ii. each transaction of which:

a) is administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective;
and
b) is concessional in character and conveys a grant element of at least 25 per cent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 per
cent).”
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What is it spent for?

The purpose/sector of destination of a bilateral contribution should be selected
by answering the question “which specific area of the recipient’s economic or social structure is the transfer intended to foster”.
The sector classification does not refer to the type of goods or services provided by the donor.
Sector specific education or research activities (e.g. agricultural education) or construction of infrastructure (e.g. agricultural storage)
should be reported under the sector to which they are directed, not under education, construction, etc.
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By means of?

The typology identifies the modalities that are used in aid delivery. It classifies transfers from the donor to the first recipient of funds (e.g. the recipient country,
a multilateral organisation, or a basket fund). It does not track the end uses of the funds, which is addressed in the sector classification and to some extent through the policy objective markers.
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Who funds?

The extending agency is the government entity (central, state or local government agency
or department) financing the activity from its own budget. It is the budget holder, controlling the
activity on its own account. Agencies administering activities on behalf of other government
entities should not be reported as extending agencies but as channels of delivery.
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Committed funds

Used funds

Global Environment Facility (96%)

41,050,000

Regional development banks

286,280,000

UN agencies

156,940,000

EU institutions

1,819,810,000

Other agencies

125,360,000

Multilateral Official Development Assistance

These funds are classified as multilateral ODA (all other categories fall
under bilateral ODA). The recipient multilateral institution pools contributions so that they lose their
identity and become an integral part of its financial assets.

Committed funds

Bilateral and Multi-bilateral

2,334,482,127

Multilateral

2,381,320,000

Used funds

Bilateral and Multi-bilateral

2,275,264,207

Multilateral

2,429,440,000

Official Development Assistance (ODA) - total

Official Development Assistance (ODA) is defined as those flows to
developing countries and multilateral institutions provided by official agencies, including state and local
governments, or by their executive agencies, each transaction of which meets the following tests: i) it
is administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its
main objective; and ii) it is concessional in character and conveys a grant element of at least 25 per cent.